Unpublished Drafts and Reports

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 NAHC/PRI/C
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1948-1972
  • Physical Description
    • 32 items

Scope and Content

Comprises:

  • C1, (a) Report of a visit made by Prinz to USA in September 1948, on behalf of Ferranti; (b) Memos and notes relating to Manchester University Mark I, 1948-9, including notation, coding, and Laguerre functions;
  • C2, Folder marked POLYGON PAPER. Including draft notes for A Process for Finding the Polygon in the Stepping Stone Method of the Transportation Problem . 1959;
  • C3, Folder marked LP Theory. Including inter alia, notes and typescripts on TRANS DUAL transportation problem; Long-range multipliers; cattle feed DUAL solution; visit to Shell; LP Duality; LP Theory Post Optimization-Ranges; Product Form Method. 1960-9.
  • C4, Folder marked LP LISTS. Including: typescripts in linear programs for Atlas, Ferranti, Pegasus, c 1960-8; Summary List. Ferranti Programmes for Continuous and Discrete Linear Programming, Quadratic Programming, and Transportation Problems, 1961 Typescript by DGP; Provisional LP Routines for Atlas, 1963. Typescript by DGP; Provisional Specification. Autosimmer C, 1963. Typescript by DGP; Response of Negative Feedback Systems, Typescript anon., 1945; Atlas Fortran Handbook 1963; Notes on Linear Programming: Part XXIX of Simple Algorithm for Finding Maximal Network Flows and an Application to the Hitchcock Problem, by L R Ford and D R Fulkerson, 1955; JEAN printout and catalogue; ABLEX Atlas program description, 1968 (2 copies); TRANSATLANTIC specification and printout for Version CO5/L100, 1964; QUANDARY: A Program for Quadratic Programming, 1960;
  • C5, Folder marked QP. Including typescript notes, correspondence re. Quadratic Programming, c 1961;
  • C6, Folder marked Shortest Path. Location. Including inter alia, notes and correspondence re ATLAS program description for Locatable, for optimising location of depots, c 1963-5;
  • C7, Envelope marked Atlas Plan. Including plan and instruction sheet for Atlas, c 1964;
  • C8, Folder marked Fortran 4 ASA, FOR 2 SENSICLE ATLAS FORTRAN. Including typescript Introduction to Fortran for the Atlas Computer, pp 34; copy of article Fortran vs Basic Fortran, Communications of the ACM, vol.7, No.10, Oct. 1964, pp.591- 625;
  • C9, Envelope marked LOADAL 01. Contains program sheet dated 23/6/64;
  • C10, Folder marked TRANSIT/COVENTRY. Including letters, prog. notes, Fortran coding sheets re. TRANSIT optimization of location of a depot/factory serving several customers c 1965. Including correspondence, data, etc. re Prinz's work as consultant for Coventry Council re STAMINA program to solve bus scheduling problems, c 1970;
  • C11, File marked Stamina [STanding time MINimisation on Atlas]. Including reprints from Bus and Coach, December 1966, re Prinz prog. for bus service in Manchester; STAMINA typescripts, c 1965;
  • C12, Envelope LP Lecture. SIMTRAN 5 Results. Problems. Including printouts of data re Simtran 5, c 1966;
  • C13, Envelope marked Photostats. Including copies of articles on Ferranti and vehicle scheduling 1966 and n.d.;
  • C14, Envelope marked SIMTRANS, November 1966; Including computer printouts;
  • C15, Envelope marked PAIRSORT. Including Fortran compilation 18/10/66;
  • C16, Envelope of offprints from Bus and Coach, 1966, re STAMINA program;
  • C17,Folder marked Miscellaneous Problems. Including inter alia: Notes on a Problem Associated with Place Betting, January 1966, re possibility of computing odds for place betting for BPA; Computer Application to Produce [Hospital] Rotas for the 40 hour week, 1966; Pollastra Packers Ltd. re ideal poultry killing to maximise net profits. 1967;
  • C18, File marked TRUDI. VANTRAN. Including prog. notes on TRUDI. VANTRAN routines re transport/depot problems, etc. 1967;
  • C19, Folder marked LINK. Including typescript notes on Linear Programming Theory, 1967, re. bus scheduling; typescript notes on Matching (in bipartite graphs), 1968-71; lecture notes, 1971;
  • C20, Folder marked Enquiries. Including notes on Special LP Problem, 1969;
  • C21, Folder marked Brown Problems. Including J M Brown, Intermediate Difficulty Programming Problems for High Level Languages. Typescript, September 1969;
  • C22, Folder labelled Random Numbers. Statistics. 1969;
  • C23, Folder marked ROTA. Including correspondence, notes on Court Rota problems (for magistrates' court). 1970;
  • C24, Folder marked LP Program Specifications. Including ICSL published literature on stock control; typescript notes on Intex, Trudi, Locatable programs, c 1970;
  • C25, Folder marked Lloyd House. Contains computer printouts on LIMX (LIMA); QAEE; LITA. 1970-71;
  • C26, Folder marked LIMA. [LIMA (Link Maximisation), a simplified version of MILO, a prog. to maximise number of links between journeys]. Including material relating to Prinz prog. to improve efficiency of bus service. 1970-72;
  • C27, File marked SUBSIMA. SUBLEX. Including notes and coding sheets for Subsima, Sublex, Umiplex progs. 1971;
  • C28, Envelope marked Sublex. Intex. Including printouts on Sublex, Intex, Ablex routines for Atlas, c 1971;
  • C29, Folder marked Farming. Harrogate. Including letters, notes, re LP optimization of farming operations for Ministry of Agriculture, 1971;
  • C30, Folder marked TRANSTRAM. Including ICSL leaflets; offprints and cuttings of articles;
  • C31, Incomplete typescript marked Matrix Methods, n.d.;
  • C32, Miscellaneous offprints and magazines collected by Prinz: File includes articles mentioning Prinz e.g. Process Control and Automation 6 (April 1959).